Pilot Butte, SK
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Bedroom community of Regina, population 1,867 (2006 census). The area was first settled in 1882, incorporating as a village in 1913. The population then dwindled to the point where the village was disbanded in 1923. It was re-incorporated in 1963, and achieved town status in 1979.
The origin of the community's name is derived from the flat-topped hill ("butte") that served as a lookout ("pilot") for hunting buffalo. Contrary to urban myth, it has nothing to do with being on the approach path to Regina Airport; the village was "Pilot Butte" 20 years before the first airplane was built. A monument was erected on top of the butte commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the community in 1982.
www.town.pilotbutte.sk.ca
The origin of the community's name is derived from the flat-topped hill ("butte") that served as a lookout ("pilot") for hunting buffalo. Contrary to urban myth, it has nothing to do with being on the approach path to Regina Airport; the village was "Pilot Butte" 20 years before the first airplane was built. A monument was erected on top of the butte commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the community in 1982.
www.town.pilotbutte.sk.ca
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_Butte,_Saskatchewan
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Coordinates: 50°28'50"N 104°25'23"W
- Watrous, SK 155 km
- Outlook, SK 220 km
- Biggar, Saskatchewan 307 km
- Battleford, Saskatchewan 372 km
- Bow Island 501 km
- Creighton, Saskatchewan 509 km
- La Ronge 522 km
- Vermilion, Alberta 548 km
- Bonnyville, Alberta 605 km
- Vegreville 624 km
- Hillside Park Subdivision 0.4 km
- Plains of Pilot Butte subdivision 0.8 km
- Grasslands Farm 1 km
- Pilot Butte rodeo grounds 1.1 km
- Mission Pointe Estates 1.7 km
- Crawford Developments 1.7 km
- Crawford Estates 2 km
- Pilot Butte Gravel Pits 2.8 km
- Murray Golf Course 5.3 km
- Tor Hill Golf Course 5.5 km